Photos: Controversial Texas abortion bill

Updated 5:48 PM ET, Mon October 28, 2013

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Controversial Texas abortion bill – State troopers look on as a group in Austin, Texas, protests a new state abortion law in July. Parts of the law were ruled unconstitutional on Monday, October 28 -- a day before they were scheduled to take effect.

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Controversial Texas abortion bill – Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus strikes the gavel after a provisional vote on the abortion measure passed July 9. A lawsuit, filed by Planned Parenthood on behalf of more than a dozen women's health care providers across Texas, alleged that the new abortion limits violate the constitutional rights of women and put unreasonable demands on doctors who perform abortions.

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Controversial Texas abortion bill – Supporters of the abortion limits react in the gallery of the Texas House after the measure was provisionally approved July 9. The measure seeks to ban abortions past 20 weeks of gestation, mandate abortion clinics to become ambulatory surgical centers, and tighten usage guidelines for the drug RU486. It would also require doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic where they're providing abortion services.

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Controversial Texas abortion bill – Opponents of the abortion bill yell outside the Texas House after the bill is provisionally approved.

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Controversial Texas abortion bill – State Rep. Jodie Laubenberg, sponsor of the bill, leaves the Texas House floor after the bill passed in July.

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Controversial Texas abortion bill – Anti-abortion activists take part in a rosary procession around the state Capitol as the House debates the bill in July.

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Controversial Texas abortion bill – State Sen. Wendy Davis speaks at a news conference outside the state Capitol as the Texas House prepares to begin debate on the bill in July. In late June, Davis blocked the bill with a filibuster, talking for more than 10 hours and running out the clock on the regular legislative session.

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Controversial Texas abortion bill – Supporters of the bill listen to speakers July 8 at a rally organized by the Texas Right to Life Organization.

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Controversial Texas abortion bill – Abortion rights activists march from the Texas Capitol on July 8.

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Controversial Texas abortion bill – Members of the public line up July 8 for an opportunity to speak at a Senate hearing on the proposed bill.

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Controversial Texas abortion bill – Republican Sen. Bob Deuell set two pairs of infant shoes on the counter while speaking at a Senate hearing July 8.

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Controversial Texas abortion bill – Anti-abortion protesters gather on the ground floor of the state Capitol as abortion rights protesters gather on the balcony of the outdoor rotunda July 8.

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Controversial Texas abortion bill – Abortion rights activists react as an anti-abortion group prays below them during the July 8 Senate hearing.

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Controversial Texas abortion bill – Opponents of the abortion bill walk in circles around supporters of the bill as a committee holds hearings at the state Capitol on July 2.

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Controversial Texas abortion bill – A man blows a horn as supporters and opponents of an abortion bill gather near a hearing for the bill on July 2.